October, 2022 - Australian Church Record

Thinking Through Modern Day Mysticism

October 25, 2022 by Brooke Hazelgrove

When I was growing up, Mum and Dad were pretty honest with me about the origin of Santa. They were also pretty clear that things like ‘lucky numbers’, the Zodiac, and other paraphernalia around fortune telling held no power, and that they weren’t…

Family Bible Reading – Interview with the Windsors

October 20, 2022 by ACR Team

Bronwyn and Lionel, can you tell us a bit about who is in your family? And what does family Bible reading and prayer currently look like in the Windsor household? We have a young adult daughter who is about to get married, a young adult son, and a high-school-aged…

Don’t Quiet Quit your Faith

October 18, 2022 by Jocelyn Loane

Quiet quitting is a phrase that rose in popularity at the beginning of this year, mainly through a viral video on TikTok. Quiet quitting is the idea that you do the bare minimum that your job requires. You don’t go above and beyond. You don’t complete…

Chronics and the cross

October 13, 2022 by Tawanda Masango

Living with chronic illness in light of the cross A theology of suffering An older Christian once told me, “if you live long enough, you will suffer”. Over the years, I have seen how true this statement is and for our young family, it has been around…

Lord, open the eyes of Hindus to Satya

October 11, 2022 by Ben George

Picture this scene: approximately two hundred million men, women, and children; from every religious caste; from every echelon of every society; from most of the countries across the world; all congregating at the confluence of the Ganges…

Hezekiah, the early church, and learning how to live in the State of Victoria

October 6, 2022 by Murray Campbell

The story surrounding the new and now former Essendon football club CEO, Andrew Thorburn, has entered the fourth day. The saga continues to dominate the news with a collation of new articles and opinion pieces in the newspapers and with interviews…